Obs. Cant. Also 6 swygman. [?] (See quots.)
1561. Awdelay, Frat. Vacab. (1869), 5. A Swygman goeth with a Pedlers pack.
1673. R. Head, Canting Acad., 82. These Irish Toyls, or Swig-men, being much alike, I joyn … together, who carry pins, points and laces, and such like wares about.
a. 1700. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, Swig-men, the 13th Rank of the Canting Crew.
